Adam talks with American writer Colson Whitehead, whose novels The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys made him only the fourth writer to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice, about writing routines, anxiety management and the challenges of trying to look on the positive side of life, literary influences, music, getting stoned and watching 'Platoon', his new heist novel Harlem Shuffle and one of the many memorable parts from The Underground Railroad.

This conversation was recorded remotely on the 1st of July 2021.

Thanks to Matt Lamont for conversation editing and Séamus Murphy-Mitchell and Becca Ptaszynski for production support.
Podcast artwork by Helen Green https://helengreenillustration.com/

RELATED LINKS

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD WAS NO FANTASY (by FERGUS M BORDEWICH) - 2021 (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-underground-railroad-was-no-fantasy-11622825048

GUARDIAN INTERVIEW WITH COLSON WHITEHEAD (by SEAN O'HAGAN) - 2020 (GUARDIAN WEBSITE)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/21/colson-whitehead-we-invent-all-sorts-of-different-reasons-to-hate-people

REVIEW OF HARLEM SHUFFLE by COLSON WHITEHEAD - 2021 (KIRKUS WEBSITE)
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/colson-whitehead/harlem-shuffle/

HOW BARRY JENKINS AND COLSON WHITEHEAD MADE THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (by HUNTER HARRIS) - 2021 (TOWN AND COUNTRY)
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a36108498/underground-railroad-series-amazon-barry-jenkins-colson-whitehead-interview/

TOURING TRUMP'S AMERICA ON COLSON WHITEHEAD'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (by RAJEEV BALASUBRAMANYAN) - 2016 (THE RUMPUS WEBSITE)
https://therumpus.net/2016/11/touring-trumps-america-on-colson-whiteheads-underground-railroad/

YES, MALE WRITERS CAN WRITE FANTASTIC FEMALE CHARACTERS - 2020 (BANG2WRITE WEBSITE)
https://bang2write.com/2020/09/yes-male-writers-can-write-fantastic-female-characters.html

EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS by PETER BISKIND - 1999 (WATERSTONES)
https://www.waterstones.com/book/easy-riders-raging-bulls/peter-biskind/9780747544210

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST BY FOUR TET (KIERAN HEBDEN) - 2016 - PRESENT (SPOTIFY)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2uzbATYxs9V8YQi5lf89WG?si=9d84eb08840a4d83

EP.164 - COLSON WHITEHEAD

Suéltate

Sam I, Jarina De Marco - Suéltate (From Sing 2) [feat. Anitta & BIA]

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Keke Palmer - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) [feat. Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Reese Witherspoon & Tori Kelly]

Sing 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Scarlett Johansson - Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of

Kiana Ledé - Can't Feel My Face

Tori Kelly, Taron Egerton, Reese Witherspoon, Nick Kroll - Let's Go Crazy

Reese Witherspoon, Nick Kroll - Break Free

Bomba Estéreo - Soy Yo (Sing 2 Mix)

Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

Sing 2 Cast - Sing 2 Audition Medley

Tori Kelly, Taron Egerton, Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon, Nick Kroll - Where the Streets Have No Name

British comedian Adam Buxton talks with interesting people. The rambly conversations are sometimes funny, sometimes more serious with funny bits. Adam records the intros and outros for most episodes while walking with his dog friend Rosie in the East Anglian countryside where he lives with his wife and three children. 

Adam has appeared in films such as ‘Hot Fuzz’, ‘Stardust’ and ‘Son Of Rambow’ as well as a variety of TV shows in the UK. Since 2007 he has hosted ‘BUG’, a live show that combines music videos and comedy that became a TV series on Sky Atlantic in 2012. From time to time he also does live shows featuring just his own material. Along with lifelong friend Joe Cornish he also is one half of award winning TV, radio and podcast duo Adam & Joe who have worked together since 1995. 

You can find many of the insanely catchy jingles Adam makes for the podcast as well as amazing bonus material, beautiful merchandise and a selection of his incredibly funny and brilliant YouTube videos on the free Adam Buxton app.

Adam is writing this himself using the third person.

EP.164 - COLSON WHITEHEAD

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